Unholy Death Knight Netherlight Crucible Recommendations

This section of the Unholy Death Knight Guide explains the best relic trait choices for the Netherlight Crucible, a new system of artifact weapon progression added in Patch 7.3 Legion. This guide is currently updated and maintained by Veiss Versa, who has been a raider in various DPS capacities for 9 years, and is currently 5/9M in Tomb of Sargeras. You can also find him on YouTube and Twitch.

Netherlight Crucible Overview

The Netherlight Crucible is a new system added in Patch 7.3. The Crucible allows you further empower your Artifact Weapon, by specializing and increasing the power from your relics. With it, each relic receives a small talent tree that you can select new traits from, depending how many traits your weapon has. Do not worry, however, because with the changes to Artifact Knowledge, unlocking the full power of the Crucible won't take long. Learn everything about this new system in the Netherlight Crucible Guide. With the opening of Antorus, der Brennende Thron, it is now possible to obtain Insigne der Großen Armee, which increases the potency of your Tier 2 Crucible traits by 50%. It might be a really strong legendary if you are lucky with Netherlight Crucible rolls!

Unholy has a unique relationship with the Crucible, as the second tier of traits is a choice between Shadow damage or Holy damage in many cases. As our Mastery revolves around Shadow damage, we are in a position to benefit greatly from the Shadow portion of the Crucible's trait tree, especially as we begin to more easily reach values of greater than 100% Mastery. As a note, Torment the Weak typically simulates higher than Shadowbind, but due to the nature of how their damage is dealt and applied, Shadowbind will show similar, if not better real-world results,

Tier 3 Traits

When it comes to relics, in general you want the highest item level relic you can get; However, the two best traits in the list, Kreuzzug der Finsternis & Seuchenbringer, can be a large increase over any of the other trait options, even if the item level is slightly lower, due to how well they scale.

Deadliest Coil will be more valuable in Antorus, der Brennende Thron, as the Tier bonuses support it quite well. It moves up slightly above Darkest Crusade in single target situations, but remains slightly behind on multi-target.